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Monkey on your back by Tony Fomison, oil on Fredrix canvasboard, offered Nov 2013Photo © Art+Object — view this lot on Art+Object ↗

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Monkey on your back

Tony Fomison (New Zealand, 1939–1990)

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate NZ$25,000 – NZ$35,000 (≈ $20,491 – $28,687) (≈ £12,680 – £17,752) (≈ €15,126 – €21,176)

Offered at Art+Object and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 3 times ↓

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on Fredrix canvasboard”
Support
Canvas
Signed / inscribed
Title inscribed, signed and dated 1986 and inscribed started 9. 9. 86; finished 27. 9. 86 Driving Creek, Coromandel
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
400 x 293mm
Auction house
Art+Object
Sale
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-8)
Date
November 26, 2013
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Lot
57
Estimate
NZ$25,000 – NZ$35,000 (≈ $20,491 – $28,687) (≈ £12,680 – £17,752) (≈ €15,126 – €21,176)
Source
Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered 3 times between 2013 and 2019 · sold 2 · bought in / unsold 1

  1. Monkey on your back, Art+Object 2013

    Nov 26, 2013 · Art+Object this result

    Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 57

    Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$25,000 – NZ$35,000

    As catalogued

    Tony Fomison, “Monkey on your back”

    oil on Fredrix canvasboard

    400 x 293mm

  2. Monkey on your back, Art+Object 2014

    Mar 4, 2014 · Art+Object

    New Collectors Art, lot 39

    Sold NZ$17,587Sign up to see

    As catalogued

    Tony Fomison, “Monkey on your back”

    oil on Fredrix canvasboard

    400 x 293mm

  3. Monkey on your back, Art+Object 2019

    Feb 26, 2019 · Art+Object

    New Collectors Art, lot 41

    Sold NZ$21,622 +23%Sign up to see

    As catalogued

    Tony Fomison, “Monkey on your back”

    oil on Fredrix canvasboard

    400 x 293mm

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